APC’s Masari wins Katsina governorship election

Katsina State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Aminu Bello Masari, has won the governorship election held on Saturday.

Masari, is also the incumbent state governor, polled 1,178,864 votes to emerge as the winner of the exercise.

The Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Returning  Officer for the governorship election in Katsina, Prof. Abdullahi Abdulmuminu, announced Masari as the winner at the INEC collation centre in Katsina.

Masari won with a wide margin to defeat sixteen other candidates that contested along with him.

From the official results declared in all the 34 local government areas in the state, Masari won in all local councils of the state and defeated Danmarke with a margin of 690,234 votes.

His Peoples Democratic Party  (PDP) counterpart, Senator Yakubu Lado Danmarke polled 488,621 votes to emerge as the runner-up in the election.

Masari is the third democratically elected governor in the state since 1999.

The late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Ibrahim Shehu Shema, both of whom had served two terms in office, were his predecessors.

Born May 29, 1950, Masari is the first since 1999, to govern the state on a platform other than the PDP.

He is also the first to emerge from the southern part of the state as governor as both his predecessors came from Katsina Central.

The full results collated are itemised below:

Dutsi
APC- 22482
PDP-10,564

Matazu
APC- 28,253
PDP- 10,327

Sandamu
APC- 32,193
PDP- 11,912

Kusada
APC- 20,799
PDP- 8,080

Ingawa
APC- 28,905
PDP- 12,602

Zango
APC- 23,148
PDP- 11,662

Baure
APC- 41,076
PDP- 18,012

Mani
APC-34,254
PDP- 16,476

Rimi
APC- 36,278
PDP- 12,616

Katsina
APC- 64,709
PDP- 16,734

Jibia
APC-30,538
PDP- 12,616

Danmusa
APC- 28,008
PDP- 10,306

Batagarawa
APC- 39,420
PDP- 12,512

Kankia
APC- 29, 096
PDP- 14,706

Maiadua
APC- 34,154
PDP- 12,904

Batsari
APC- 33,742
PDP- 14,142

Kaita
APC – 27, 076
PDP – 11, 479

Mashi
APC – 34, 695
PDP – 19, 255

Dandume
APC – 32, 560
PDP – 13, 533

Bindawa
APC – 34, 659
PDP – 13, 183

Dutsinma
APC- 32,568
PDP- 16,246

Safana
APC- 26,807
PDP- 10,651

Musawa
APC- 32,276
PDP- 10,151

Kurfi
APC- 24,994
PDP- 12, 815

Daura
APC- 31,361
PDP- 8,298

Faskari
APC- 45,777
PDP- 20,329

Sabuwa
APC- 22,359
PDP- 14,384

Danja
APC- 36, 467
PDP- 17,845

Bakori
APC- 44,143
PDP- 20,237

Charanchi
APC- 24,692
PDP- 9,781

Funtua
APC- 43, 883
PDP- 16,597

Malumfashi
APC- 56,008
PDP- 20,237

Kankara
APC – 43,341
PDP- 23, 856

Kafur
APC- 58,148
PDP- 22,7926